The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-02-05
.pFaIRS OF THE RAILWAYS.


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wa ia Haven has been appointed assist
Geo's passenger agent Of the Erie system
/ pit sherman, general manager of the |
5e0 ,'s.s spent yesterday in the city, talking |
tpV a.tters with the agents.
W. w.. Eureka lodge of the brotherhood OF Loco
ny riremen are making arrangements for a
pen,,, 80, IN Tomlinson Hall on the evening of
4 gard ban :"
fsh Is ., , 80 Tho cn.
No n.i wabash & Michigan, spent yesterday in
ppha.. LACKING after the interests of the COM
Pc o.v At this point
~. ,ree,, the c., H. g. I. put in two new iron
lhs ~ mace of wooden structures. Soon all
bogsrortant bridges on the c., H. & D. sys-
am will be iron anc steel
r..ra Ia still a large movement of grain south
~ md the Western lines are allowing their
ss' - 90 as far south as Louisville. KY, on
N sandtons that they are promptly returned.
Graves has resigned his position with the
LOO y e Indiana Coal road, to become general
/ Vpts ~ the Chicago e. St Louis road, at st.
80 He takes his new position on Monday
q G Julier, the general manager of the Amer
4 ~ EXPRESS, a newly created position. leaves
4 EEaveand, the Leader says. on Tuesday next,
~ Nav York to assume the duties of the po-
4 Iton
.,ansripg to resume business at their car works
4 4 Irbana. o., in about ten days. The portion
y me shops which were burned few months
.eo have been rebuilt.
The c.. H. & d. and the L., N. A. & c. to-day
,ommence the issuing of joint one thousand mile
7 sstets good on any portion of the c., Fl. & ID.
.rstem and between Indianapolis and Chicago
l pyer the L., N A. d y.
The monkey and parrot business which has
been going on for few days past between the
district passenger agent Of the c.. l., St l.. & G.
1 and the c.. H. & l.. yesterday found its way
| INTO the justice of the peace court.
/ The Grand Rapids e. Indiana road have con-
Eacted with the Michigan Car works to build
one thousand box cars, forty thousand pounds
,apscity and equipped with the Wagner car door
| nd other modern improvements.
The car-works at Lafayette city have been
awarded contract for 400 cars for the St Louis,
Arkansas 81 Texas railroad. The cars are to
/ have the Wagner door and the Marks coupler,
pnd are to be of 40, 600 pounds capacity.
Samuel F. Randall, the new Nypano yard
master at Youngstown, presented with a
magnificent time piece last Monday by his friends
sud fellow employees at Louisville, KY, where
Mr. Randall had been station agent for the j.,
N Is l. railway
The meeting Of the executive committee of the
Central Traffic Association at Cleveland next
tuesday is conditioned upon the interstate com
/ merce bill becoming a law this week If the
! President vetoes it the meeting WILL probably be
postponed until Congress passes the bill over the
/ executive head.
4 1t is stated that more train accidents now oc-
/ BUR from bad wheels and trucks than from i'm
/ PROJECTIONS in the road-bed. Purchasing a
cheap pattern OF truck or o poor wheel does moi
pay in the long run. The damages from one
wreck will cost n good deal more than to pu,
only the best of material in wheels and the
truck entire.
So much imposition is there on the part oil
parties holding mileage tickets over the c. III &
/ D., in the way OF loaning them to persons who
l are not entitled to ride on them, that Genera
Passenger Agent Rockwell has supplied each
l conductor with car, politely asking the party
I holding the mileage ticket to sign his name t.
l such card, that the conductor may see that i
corresponds with the signature in the mileag,
/ book.
The Januasy exhibit of earnings made by tn,
C,1 St L. & c. must be gratifying to tn,
management. The total earnings from al
sources was 1920, 954. SO, an increase earn
nGs corresponding month 1856 of $24, 959.78
slight decrease in passenger earnings only il
/ shown, while the increase in both local and fas
freight line traffic was highly satisfactory. AZ
the comparison is with one of the best months OF
the early part of 1856.
/ Among the freight men there is q disposition
shown to simplify the classification of freights
the number of classifcations being entirely TOT
numerous The German railroads have wonder
Inc, we believe. but three or four classes. for al
freight carried by them. Instead of a compli
Gated schedule. dividing articles OF freight int
iDnumerable classes with fine gradations. Ger
many draws broad lines and adopts general defn
itons, easily to be understood and extremel.
Il comprehensive.
n AS result of the examination of watches car
lied by tranmen on the Pennsylvania lines
general slaughter Of supposed-to-be VALUABLE
nme pieces by the owners is going on. 1t i
stated that out OF batch Of twenty thre
watches examined in one day at one of the point
Where person has been detailed by the com
pany to examine watches but two were found t
perfect time keepers and twenty one wer
subsequently, condemned. One thing is said t
@noticeable, that parties owning watches VIII
paid the highest prices often haye the most IN
reliable movement.
Indianapolis sit is wonder to me that per
sons are not killed or MANNED every day in tn
| year at this Union Depot, so great is the confu
Ion when the trains arriving and departing
u is certainly good evidence that the manage
ment Is perfectly systematized and that the de
pos officials are vigilant" In fact, he doubted
mere was a railroad center in the country wher
naiflc touched that of indianapolis where SO fev
accidents occurred. Coming from the source
aid, II can be taken as highly complimentary b
the Union railway officials.
/ The statement published on Thursday mort
Ing to the effect that Mr. Austin Corbn ha
/ oeen In New York in conference with the Lead
i srs Oh the strike to negotiate, If practicable.
compromise settlement between them and tn
.aiioaa companies, the managers of the leadin
tpaas made haste to contradict, SO far as the
Aere concerned as promptly and publicly
seossioie. They announced most emphaticall
.aat they did not propose to compromise unde
suy circumstances; had not authorized or ccul
ss .a1d any approaches to the strikers the
s sss and would not entertain any suggestio
nuealng with their men through third partie
in.umor, with points in connection therewit
r a'cn give 1t an air of truthfulness, says tn,
iayior superintendent of the portion of til
q Vnnsylyania system lying between Columbu
az. ~, ana rittsbure, will, on the LIST of the mont
.al;'. 10 take an important and more lucrati,
M,n ,.,on' ana that j. j. Turner, superintendel
a. W. 10 v, st L. q P, will succeed Mr.. Tayl
Me- me T., z. & St L.. further, that nj.
snaa; superintendent of the l. & ", w
viii ,e ecu MI Turner, and that J. w. Greens
FnaI succeed Dir. Mansfield on the l. & V. NJ
tu.her returned from the East yesterday, whe
~ - ~ sdiu thaL this DrC~ramma was m ado ont